Eriosachila bartholomaeensis Rathbun 1919 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184

Belongs to Eriosachila according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Eriosachila bajaensis, Eriosachila cubensis, Eriosachila cuvillieri, Eriosachila orri, Eriosachila petiti, Eriosachila rathbunae, Eriosachila robertsi, Eriosachila rossi, Eriosachila terryi

Type specimen: USNM 166945, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS 6915, Orient Point, St. Bartholomew, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian carbonate limestone in North Atlantic.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eriosachila bartholomaeensis in the database

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